Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times,
A federal judge in Washington has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Venezuelans whom he said should receive a hearing after their deportation under the Alien Enemies Act.
U.S. District Judge James Boasbergwrotein his Feb. 12 ruling that the government must parole those deportees into U.S. custody if they present themselves at a port of entry and provide them due process to contest their deportation.
Boasberg said his ruling was intended to mirror a Supreme Court ruling from last year, which upheld U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s order that the government “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The government will also have to pay for the flights and provide a boarding letter to the deportees, but that only applies to those flying in from a third country, not Venezuela itself.
The return might be short-lived, Boasberg said, since anyone who is flown back or paroled into the country will be detained by U.S. immigration officials and held in custody while their case plays out.
They also face being deported again at the end of the proceedings.
An attorney for the plaintiffs previously told the judge that some of his clients were willing to take that risk.
The ruling is the latest chapter for the deportees, who were sent to El Salvador’s CECOT terrorism confinement center last year. They were subsequently released into Venezuela.
Boasbergruledin December that the government needed to give the Venezuelans an opportunity to contest their deportation. When the Justice Departmentobjectedto that ruling, the judge ordered a hearing to discuss ways the government could provide due process.
Source: ZeroHedge News
